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I buy mulberries at the local markets. I find them fine and like them they are not expensive. The leaves from the mulberry bush is what the silk worms eat and some people also use the leaves for tea.

I only meant that we were not into shopping, so I don't have any knowledge of that.

In april we went to VIetnam, my wife, grandchild 7 and I, first trip to Vietnam, but not the last. Since we live in Sisaket province we took the bus from Ubon R to Pakse in Laos and stayed there for a couple of days. Then we took the bus from Pakse to Hue and stayed in Hue 3 days. The bus ride was challenging on the Lao side but we survived. Hue was OK with sightseeing and restaurants, we are not into shopping, so can't tell about that. Then with the train from Hue to Da Nang because grandchild and wife had never tried the train, we had a sleeper cabin for ourselves and that was fine. In Da Nang we stayed for 10 days sightseeing, visiting friends and got visit from family from my homeland, but no shopping. Da Nang was fine for walking around, going to the beach and many restaurants. One day we vent to Hoi An and that was a disappointment filled up with tourist. Hotels in both Hue and Da Nang were cheaper than in Thailand for the same standard. We used Grab for going around in Hue and Da Nang and for the trip to Hoi An, I have never used Grab before and were surprised over how cheap it was. We left Vietnam for Bangkok and continued our holiday there.

If you are not young anymore I can't recommend Roojai. I had my insurance with Roojai for my Fortuner several years and when I was 74 and should renew I got renew announcement, since I had for automatic payment via my card i didn't think more about it. Just before renewal date I could see in my bank that I had not paid Roojai and I had a lot of problems with Roojai before it turned out that Roojai would not renew my insurance because I would become 75 in the policy period. What a very lousy service.

Denmark has a double taxation agreement with Thailand and pensions will be taxed in the country where they are paid out. I guess the local tax office could see that since I had paid 38 % in tax in Denmark, I was over the Thai threshold for tax of my pension and they did not want me to fill out a tax form.

Why don't you believe me? What is it you don't believe? I am Danish and English is not my first language, so perhaps I write something wrong in English? At the local tax office they showed me the yearly tax settlement for me they had received from the tax office in Denmark where I pay taxes of my Danish pensions.

For me it became mandatory, since my Danish bank asked me to inform them of my Thai Tax ID if I wanted to have bank accounts with them and two of my pension providers in Denmark also wanted my Thai tax ID. I had the pink ID card before and the tax lady said my tax ID was the number on my pink card. Two years ago I was called to the local tax office since they had received documents from the Danish tax office with my income and they would talk with me about my tax to be paid in Thailand of my Danish pensions, but when they found out that I paid 38 % in tax then they let me go and thought it was sad that I should pay so much in tax.

I am tired of that too, if it continues with this ANA flight and the other pop ups, I will stop using AN. No other sites I use have annoying pop ups like AN.

Thanks for the information. About 2 years ago we were holidaying in Nakhon Phanom and tried to go to Bueng Kan, but the road was closed, so this time we will follow your advice and take the road from Nong Khai after we have been in Vientiane.

I have been in all provinces except Bueng Khan, Pattani and Narathiwat. Bueng Khan is on the holiday list next month together with a trip to Laos.

My bank, Siam Commercial Bank, closed down internet banking some month ago and now I only have an app on my smartphone to do banking business on. So it is not so easy to follow your advice as you perhaps think.

I am Danish too and receive pensions in Denmark which are taxed with 38 %. I have lived in Thailand more than 17 years. Last year I was invited to a meeting with the local tax office in Kantharalak, Sisaket, I should not bring anything and at the meeting the officers showed me that they had received my yearly tax return from the Danish tax bureau. Since I had paid so much in tax, the officers said I was free to go and I should not report or pay tax to Thailand, it looked that they were sorry for me that I had already paid so much in tax. They showed me that I had a tax ID and that was my ID number on my pink ID card

Since I live close to Ubon and want to fly to Phuket for holiday in october I have searched for a direct flight, but can't find any. Can you help me with where you see a direct flight? In former years I have used NOK Air I think, but can't find any companies now.

I am 77 and soi3eddie's receipt works fine for me

I got it via Lazada, look my link in the post.